Guest essay by Eric Worrall Two IT staff who work for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology are being investigated over allegations they illegally used the bureau’s supercomputers to mine cryptocurrencies.…
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Claim: Halting Economic Growth the Key to Solving Climate Change
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A new paper claims more shared development goals and less emphasis on wealth creation is the key to solving climate change. Economic Equality Is Key…
The Conversation: Poor Getting Slammed by UK Climate Levy
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Conversation has noticed that climate taxes on energy used for home heating hurts poor people. Poorest households hit hardest by UK climate change levy…
Claim: $300 billion x 4 "Far Short" of Required Investment in Renewables
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Why does the EU want to loan €1.5 billion for a new gas pipeline, when they should be topping up the utterly inadequate global investment…
Study: Removing Oil and Gas "Subsidies" Might Increase Coal Use
Guest essay by Eric Worrall An economic model based study has suggested that removing oil and gas tax breaks would have a modest impact on global emissions, falling far short…
Did HuffPost Just Accuse the Democrats of Selling Out to Big Oil?
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Green conspiracy theories to explain the failure of Democrats to mention Climate Change in their responses to President Trump’s Climate Free State of the Union…
The power of grant money – on display at James Cook University
This is worth repeating, because it was a very prescient forecast by President Eisenhower when he left office. From his farewell address: Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop,…
Blackrock Vice Chair: "We need to change Capitalism…" Because Climate Change
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Mainstream media is reporting that Blackrock Vice Chairman Philipp Hildebrand thinks investors should consider environmental benefits rather than simply focussing on maximum return on investment.…
Ben Santer Protests Canadian Climate Budget Cut
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to climate scientist Ben Santer, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has so far not renewed “The only dedicated program funding climate and atmospheric research in…
Green Energy Mandate Bankrupts East Coast Oil Refinery, 1,100 Jobs at Risk
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Willie Soon – the hangover of President Obama’s war on cheap energy is still causing financial hardship. Philadelphia Energy Solutions, which employs 1,100 people,…
World Economic Forum: President Trump Paris Decision Increases the Threat of a Global Environmental Collapse
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to The Guardian, The World Economic Forum, a forum composed of large businesses, is concerned that President Trump is withdrawing from global climate agreements…
Climate Lawsuits Piling Up
Guest essay by Eric Worrall For years many fossil fuel companies seemed content to stay quiet in the face of public vilification, but with big lawsuits looming, this strategy of…
Morgan Stanley: Bitcoin Mining Consumed 20TWh Electricity in 2017, 140TWh Predicted 2018
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Bitcoin miners are expected to consume 0.6% of the global energy budget in 2018. Bitcoin Could End Up Using More Power Than Electric Cars By…
Claim: Silicon Valley Retreating into a Renewable Energy Safe Space
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to Wired author Clive Thompson, everything is going terribly wrong these days for Silicon Valley. But they are living on the hope that in…
Obama Federal Climate Advisory Committee Reconvenes
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Do climate scientists require Federal Government funding? The answer surprisingly appears to be no; President Obama’s former Federal Climate Advisory Committee have secured other sources…
Climate Policy Refugees: Trump Energy Policies Tempting Foreign Companies to Relocate to the USA
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova – News has emerged that a high level delegation from Pennsylvania quietly visited Australia this month, offering hard pressed Aussie businesses relocation packages…
Bitcoin Climate Dilemma: Mining Bitcoin Consumes an Entire Country Worth of Electricity
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Will latte sipping Silicon Valley Trendies give up their high carbon Cryptocurrencies to save the planet from global warming? THE HARD MATH BEHIND BITCOIN’S GLOBAL…
France24: US Climate Scientists Emigrating to France
Guest essay by Eric Worrall French government broadcaster France24 claims President Macron’s offer of fifty grants is luring climate scientists away from the US to work in France. US researchers…
Clean Energy Researchers Recommend More Research Money
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Clean energy researchers have recommended more money, a more reliable supply of money, and less oversight over their work to help save the planet. Clean…
Claim: China CAN Lead on Climate, if they Cut Back on Coal Investment
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Greens are starting to comment that China’s climate “leadership” seems to involve enormous investments in coal. But history suggests there is a solution to China’s…
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